Romans 5 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ So as we have been made upright by faith, let us live in peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² by whom we have been introduced through faith to the favor of God that we now enjoy, and let us glory in our hope of sharing the glory of God. ³ More than that, we ought to glory in our troubles, for we know that trouble produces endurance, ⁴ and endurance, character, and character, hope, ⁵ and hope will not disappoint us. For, through the holy Spirit that has been given us, God's love has flooded our hearts. ⁶ For when we were still helpless, at the decisive moment Christ died for us godless men. ⁷ Why, a man will hardly give his life for an upright person, though perhaps for a really good man some may be brave enough to die. ⁸ But God proves his love for us by the fact that Christ died for us when we were still sinners. ⁹ So if we have already been made upright by his death, it is far more certain that through him we shall be saved from God's anger! ¹⁰ If, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, it is far more certain that now that we are reconciled we shall be saved through sharing in his life! ¹¹ More than that, we actually glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom we owe our reconciliation. ¹² It is just like the way in which through one man sin came into the world, and death followed sin, and so death spread to all men, because all men sinned. ¹³ It is true sin was in the world before the Law was given, and men are not charged with sin where there is no law. ¹⁴ Still death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned as Adam had, in the face of an express command. So Adam foreshadowed the one who was to come. ¹⁵ But there is no comparison between God's gift and that offense. For if one man's offense made the mass of mankind die, God's mercy and his gift given through the favor of the one man Jesus Christ have far more powerfully affected mankind. ¹⁶ Nor is there any comparison between the gift and the effects of that one man's sin. That sentence arose from the act of one man, and was for condemnation; but God's gift arose out of many offenses and results in acquittal. ¹⁷ For if that one man's offense made death reign through that one man, all the more will those who receive God's overflowing mercy and his gift of uprightness live and reign through the one individual Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ So as one offense meant condemnation for all men, just so one righteous act means acquittal and life for all men. ¹⁹ For just as that one man's disobedience made the mass of mankind sinners, so this one's obedience will make the mass of them upright. ²⁰ Then law slipped in, and multiplied the offense. But greatly as sin multiplied, God's mercy has far surpassed it, ²¹ so that just as sin had reigned through death, mercy might reign through uprightness and bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁰ "Blessed are those who have endured persecution for their uprightness, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them! ¹¹ "Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and falsely say everything bad of you, on my account. ¹² Be glad and exult over it, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way they persecuted the prophets who went before you!

¹³ You must go and learn what the saying means, 'It is mercy, not sacrifice, that I care for.' I did not come to invite the pious but the irreligious."

²⁸ just as the Son of Man has come not to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to ransom many others."

³⁶ "Master, what command is greatest in the Law?" ³⁷ And he said to him, " 'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole mind.'

²¹ His master said to him, 'Well done, my excellent, faithful slave! you have been faithful about a small amount; I will put a large one into your hands. Come, share your master's enjoyment!'

³⁴ Then the king will say to those at his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take possession of the kingdom which has been destined for you from the creation of the world.

²⁸ "You must all drink from it, for this is my blood which ratifies the agreement, and is to be poured out for many people, for the forgiveness of their sins.

⁴⁶ And Mary said, "My heart extols the Lord,

¹⁴ "Glory to God in heaven and on earth! Peace to the men he favors!"

²² "Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and denounce you and spurn the name you bear as evil, on account of the Son of Man. ²³ Be glad when that happens, and leap for joy, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way their forefathers treated the prophets.

⁴⁷ Therefore, I tell you, her sins, many as they are, are forgiven, for she has loved me so much. But the man with little to be forgiven loves me but little."

⁴⁷ Therefore, I tell you, her sins, many as they are, are forgiven, for she has loved me so much. But the man with little to be forgiven loves me but little." ⁴⁸ And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven!" ⁴⁹ The men at table with him began to say to themselves, "Who is this man, who even forgives sins?" ⁵⁰ But he said to the woman, "It is your faith that has saved you. Go in peace."

⁵ Whenever you go to stay at a house, first say, 'Peace to this household!' ⁶ If there is anyone there who loves peace, your blessing will rest upon him, but if there is not, it will come back to you.

³⁸ and to say, "Blessed is the king who comes in the Lord's name, Peace be in heaven and glory on high!"

⁴² and said, "If you yourself only knew today the conditions of peace! But as it is, they are hidden from you.

¹⁹ It is by your endurance that you will win your souls.

³⁹ One of the criminals who were hanging there, abused him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us too!" ⁴⁰ But the other reproved him and said, "Have you no fear even of God when you are suffering the same penalty? ⁴¹ And we are suffering it justly, for we are only getting our deserts, but this man has done nothing wrong." ⁴² And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!" ⁴³ And he said to him, "I tell you, you will be in Paradise with me today!"

⁷ He came to give testimony, to testify to the light, so that everyone might come to believe in it through him.

¹² But to all who did receive him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God,

¹⁶ For from his abundance we have all had a share, and received blessing after blessing. ¹⁷ For while the Law was given through Moses, blessing and truth came to us through Jesus Christ.

¹⁶ For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life.

¹⁶ For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to pass judgment upon the world, but that through him the world might be saved. ¹⁸ No one who believes in him has to come up for judgment. Anyone who does not believe stands condemned already, for not believing in God's only Son.

²⁶ And they went to John and said to him, "Master, the man who was with you across the Jordan, and to whom you yourself gave testimony, is baptizing, and everybody is going to him."

¹⁰ Jesus answered, "If you knew what God has to give, and who it is that said to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

²⁴ I tell you, whoever listens to my message and believes him who has sent me, possesses eternal life, and will not come to judgment, but has already passed out of death into life.

²⁶ For just as the Father is self-existent, he has given self-existence to the Son,

⁴⁰ For it is the purpose of my Father that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and that I shall raise him to life on the Last Day."

⁵⁰ But here is bread that comes down out of heaven, and no one who eats it will ever die. ⁵¹ I am this living bread that has come down out of heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the world's life is my own flesh!" ⁵² This led the Jews to dispute with one another. They said, "How can he give us his flesh to eat?" ⁵³ Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no self-existent life. ⁵⁴ Whoever lives on my flesh and drinks my blood possesses eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the Last Day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. ⁵⁶ Whoever lives on my flesh and drinks my blood remains united to me and I remain united to him. ⁵⁷ Just as the living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who lives on me will live because of me.

⁵⁷ Just as the living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who lives on me will live because of me. ⁵⁸ This is the bread that has come down out of heaven—not like that which your forefathers ate and yet died. Whoever lives on this bread will live forever."

⁷ So Jesus said again, "I tell you, I am the door of the sheepfold.

⁹ I am the door. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will pass in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰ A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come to let them have life, and to let them have it in abundance.

²⁸ and I give them eternal life, and they shall never be lost, and no one shall tear them out of my hands.

²⁸ and I give them eternal life, and they shall never be lost, and no one shall tear them out of my hands. ²⁹ What my Father has intrusted to me is of more importance than everything else, and no one can tear anything out of the Father's hands.

²⁵ Jesus said to her, "I myself am Resurrection and Life. He who believes in me will live on, even if he dies, ²⁶ and no one who is alive and believes in me will ever die. Do you believe that?"

³² and if I am lifted up from the ground, I will draw all men to myself."

⁶ Jesus said to him, "I am Way and Truth and Life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

¹⁹ In a little while the world will not see me any more, but you will still see me, because I shall live on, and you will live on too.

²⁷ I leave you a blessing; I give you my own blessing. I do not give it to you as the world gives. Your minds must not be troubled or afraid.

¹³ No one can show greater love than by giving up his life for his friends.

²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin.

³³ I have told you all this, so that through me you may find peace. In the world you have trouble; but take courage! I have conquered the world."

³¹ But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and through believing you may have life as his followers.

¹⁷ " 'It will come about in the last days, God says, That I will pour out my Spirit upon all mankind; Your sons and daughters will become prophets, Your young men will have visions, And your old men will have dreams.

³³ So he has been exalted to God's right hand, and has received from his Father and poured over us the holy Spirit that had been promised, as you see and hear.

⁴¹ So they went out from before the council, glad that they had been thought worthy to bear disgrace for the sake of Jesus,

³⁶ He has sent his message to Israel's descendants, and made the good news of peace known to them through Jesus Christ. He is Lord of us all.

²⁴ for he was an excellent man, full of the holy Spirit and faith. So a considerable number of people came over to the Lord.

³⁸ You must understand therefore, my brothers, that through him the forgiveness of your sins is announced to you, ³⁹ and that through union with him everyone who believes is cleared of every charge of which the Law of Moses could not clear you.

³⁹ and that through union with him everyone who believes is cleared of every charge of which the Law of Moses could not clear you.

²⁷ When they arrived there, they called the church together, and reported how God had worked with them, and how he had opened the way to faith for the heathen.

¹¹ Why, we believe that it is by the mercy of the Lord Jesus that we are saved just as they are."

⁷ to all those in Rome whom God loves, who are called to be his people; God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

¹⁷ In it God's way of uprightness is disclosed through faith and for faith, just as the Scripture says, "The upright will have life because of his faith." ¹⁸ For God's anger is breaking forth from heaven against all the impiety and wickedness of the men who in their wickedness are suppressing the truth.

⁷ Those who by persistently doing right strive for glory, honor, and immortality will have eternal life,

¹⁷ Suppose you call yourself a Jew, and rely on law, and boast about God,

⁵ But if our wrongdoing brings out the uprightness of God, what are we to say? Is it wrong in God (I am putting it in ordinary human terms) to inflict punishment?

¹⁹ Now we know that everything the Law says is addressed to those under its authority, so that every mouth may be shut, and the whole world be made accountable to God.

¹⁹ Now we know that everything the Law says is addressed to those under its authority, so that every mouth may be shut, and the whole world be made accountable to God. ²⁰ For no human being can be made upright in the sight of God by observing the Law. All that the Law can do is to make man conscious of sin.

²⁰ For no human being can be made upright in the sight of God by observing the Law. All that the Law can do is to make man conscious of sin. ²¹ But now God's way of uprightness has been disclosed without any reference to law, though the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it. ²² It is God's way of uprightness and comes through having faith in Jesus Christ, and it is for all who have faith, without distinction.

²² It is God's way of uprightness and comes through having faith in Jesus Christ, and it is for all who have faith, without distinction. ²³ For all men sin and come short of the glory of God, ²⁴ but by his mercy they are made upright for nothing, by the deliverance secured through Christ Jesus. ²⁵ For God showed him publicly dying as a sacrifice of reconciliation to be taken advantage of through faith. This was to vindicate his own justice (for in his forbearance, God passed over men's former sins)— ²⁶ to vindicate his justice at the present time, and show that he is upright himself, and that he makes those who have faith in Jesus upright also.

²⁶ to vindicate his justice at the present time, and show that he is upright himself, and that he makes those who have faith in Jesus upright also. ²⁷ Then what becomes of our boasting? It is shut out. On what principle? What a man does? No, but whether a man has faith. ²⁸ For we hold that a man is made upright by faith; the observance of the Law has nothing to do with it. ²⁹ Does God belong to the Jews alone? Does he not belong to the heathen too? Of course he belongs to the heathen too; ³⁰ there is but one God, and he will make the circumcised upright on the ground of their faith and the uncircumcised upright because of theirs."

³⁰ there is but one God, and he will make the circumcised upright on the ground of their faith and the uncircumcised upright because of theirs."

⁵ but a man who has no work to offer, but has faith in him who can make the ungodly upright, has his faith credited to him as uprightness.

¹³ For the promise made to Abraham and his descendants that the world should belong to him did not come to him or his descendants through the Law, but through the uprightness that resulted from his faith.

¹⁵ For the Law only brings down God's wrath; where there is no law, there is no violation of it.

²⁴ but also on ours, for it is to be credited also to us who have faith in him who raised from the dead our Lord Jesus, ²⁵ who was given up to death to make up for our offenses, and raised to life to make us upright.

²⁵ who was given up to death to make up for our offenses, and raised to life to make us upright.

¹ So as we have been made upright by faith, let us live in peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁵ and hope will not disappoint us. For, through the holy Spirit that has been given us, God's love has flooded our hearts. ⁶ For when we were still helpless, at the decisive moment Christ died for us godless men.

⁸ But God proves his love for us by the fact that Christ died for us when we were still sinners. ⁹ So if we have already been made upright by his death, it is far more certain that through him we shall be saved from God's anger! ¹⁰ If, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, it is far more certain that now that we are reconciled we shall be saved through sharing in his life!

¹⁰ If, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, it is far more certain that now that we are reconciled we shall be saved through sharing in his life! ¹¹ More than that, we actually glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom we owe our reconciliation. ¹² It is just like the way in which through one man sin came into the world, and death followed sin, and so death spread to all men, because all men sinned.

¹⁴ Still death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned as Adam had, in the face of an express command. So Adam foreshadowed the one who was to come.

¹⁴ Still death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned as Adam had, in the face of an express command. So Adam foreshadowed the one who was to come. ¹⁵ But there is no comparison between God's gift and that offense. For if one man's offense made the mass of mankind die, God's mercy and his gift given through the favor of the one man Jesus Christ have far more powerfully affected mankind.

¹⁵ But there is no comparison between God's gift and that offense. For if one man's offense made the mass of mankind die, God's mercy and his gift given through the favor of the one man Jesus Christ have far more powerfully affected mankind. ¹⁶ Nor is there any comparison between the gift and the effects of that one man's sin. That sentence arose from the act of one man, and was for condemnation; but God's gift arose out of many offenses and results in acquittal.

¹⁶ Nor is there any comparison between the gift and the effects of that one man's sin. That sentence arose from the act of one man, and was for condemnation; but God's gift arose out of many offenses and results in acquittal. ¹⁷ For if that one man's offense made death reign through that one man, all the more will those who receive God's overflowing mercy and his gift of uprightness live and reign through the one individual Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ For if that one man's offense made death reign through that one man, all the more will those who receive God's overflowing mercy and his gift of uprightness live and reign through the one individual Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ For if that one man's offense made death reign through that one man, all the more will those who receive God's overflowing mercy and his gift of uprightness live and reign through the one individual Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ So as one offense meant condemnation for all men, just so one righteous act means acquittal and life for all men.

¹⁸ So as one offense meant condemnation for all men, just so one righteous act means acquittal and life for all men. ¹⁹ For just as that one man's disobedience made the mass of mankind sinners, so this one's obedience will make the mass of them upright.

¹⁹ For just as that one man's disobedience made the mass of mankind sinners, so this one's obedience will make the mass of them upright. ²⁰ Then law slipped in, and multiplied the offense. But greatly as sin multiplied, God's mercy has far surpassed it,

²⁰ Then law slipped in, and multiplied the offense. But greatly as sin multiplied, God's mercy has far surpassed it, ²¹ so that just as sin had reigned through death, mercy might reign through uprightness and bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹ Then what shall we conclude? Are we to continue to sin to increase the spread of mercy?

¹² So sin must not reign over your mortal bodies, and make you obey their cravings,

¹⁴ For sin must no longer control you, for you live not under law but under mercy.

¹⁶ Do you not know that when you submit to being someone's slaves, and obeying him, you are the slaves of the one whom you obey, whether your slavery is to sin, and leads to death, or is to obedience, and leads to uprightness?

²³ For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is eternal life through union with Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁵ For when we were living mere physical lives the sinful passions, awakened by the Law, operated through the organs of our bodies to make us bear fruit for death. ⁶ But now the Law no longer applies to us; we have died to what once controlled us, so that we can now serve in the new Spirit, not under the old letter. ⁷ Then what shall we conclude? That the Law is sin? Certainly not! Yet, if it had not been for the Law, I should never have learned what sin was; I should not have known what it was to covet if the Law had not said, "You must not covet." ⁸ That command gave sin an opening, and it led me to all sorts of covetous ways, for sin is lifeless without law. ⁹ I was once alive and without law, but when the command came, sin awoke and then I died; ¹⁰ and the command that should have meant life in my case proved to mean death. ¹¹ The command gave sin an opening and sin deceived me and killed me with it. ¹² So the Law itself is holy, and each command is holy, just, and good. ¹³ Did what was good, then, prove the death of me? Certainly not! It was sin that did so, so that it might be recognized as sin, because even through something that was good it effected my death, so that through the command it might appear how immeasurably sinful sin was.

¹ So there is no condemnation any more for those who are in union with Christ Jesus.

⁷ For to be physically minded means hostility to God, for it refuses to obey God's law, indeed it cannot obey it.

¹⁰ But if Christ is in your hearts, though your bodies are dead in consequence of sin, your spirits have life in consequence of uprightness.

¹⁴ For all who are guided by God's Spirit are God's sons. ¹⁵ It is not a consciousness of servitude that has been imparted to you, to fill you with fear again, but the consciousness of adoption as sons, which makes us cry, "Abba!" that is, Father. ¹⁶ The Spirit itself testifies with our spirits that we are God's children, ¹⁷ and if children, heirs also; heirs of God, and fellow-heirs with Christ, if we really share his sufferings in order to share his glory too.

¹⁷ and if children, heirs also; heirs of God, and fellow-heirs with Christ, if we really share his sufferings in order to share his glory too. ¹⁸ For I consider what we suffer now not to be compared with the glory that is to burst upon us.

²⁰ For it was not the fault of creation that it was frustrated; it was by the will of him who condemned it to that, and in the hope

²² We know that all creation has been groaning in agony together until now.

²⁴ It was in this hope that we were saved. But a hope that can be seen is not a hope, for who hopes for what he sees?

²⁸ We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good.

³⁰ and those whom he has predestined he calls, and those whom he calls he makes upright, and those whom he makes upright he glorifies.

³⁰ and those whom he has predestined he calls, and those whom he calls he makes upright, and those whom he makes upright he glorifies. ³¹ Then what shall we conclude from this? If God is for us, who can be against us? ³² Will not he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, with that gift give us everything?

³² Will not he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, with that gift give us everything? ³³ Who can bring any accusation against those whom God has chosen? God pronounces them upright; ³⁴ who can condemn them? Christ Jesus who died, or rather who was raised from the dead, is at God's right hand, and actually pleads for us.

³⁴ who can condemn them? Christ Jesus who died, or rather who was raised from the dead, is at God's right hand, and actually pleads for us. ³⁵ Who can separate us from Christ's love? Can trouble or misfortune or persecution or hunger or destitution or danger or the sword?

³⁵ Who can separate us from Christ's love? Can trouble or misfortune or persecution or hunger or destitution or danger or the sword? ³⁶ As the Scripture says, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long, We are treated like sheep to be slaughtered."

³⁶ As the Scripture says, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long, We are treated like sheep to be slaughtered." ³⁷ But in all these things we are more than victorious through him who loved us.

³⁷ But in all these things we are more than victorious through him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor their hierarchies nor the present nor the future ³⁹ nor any supernatural forces either of height or depth will be able to separate us from the love God has shown in Christ Jesus our Lord!

³⁹ nor any supernatural forces either of height or depth will be able to separate us from the love God has shown in Christ Jesus our Lord!

³⁰ Then what do we conclude? That heathen who were not striving for uprightness attained it, that is, an uprightness which was produced by faith;

¹⁰ For with their minds men believe and are made upright, and with their lips they make the acknowledgment and are saved.

¹⁵ And how are men to preach unless they are sent to do it? As the Scripture says, "How welcome is the coming of those who bring good news!"

¹⁵ For if their rejection has meant the reconciling of the world, what can the acceptance of them mean but life from the dead?

²⁶ and then all Israel will be saved, just as the Scripture says, "The deliverer will come from Zion, He will drive all ungodliness away from Jacob,

²⁸ From the point of view of the good news they are treated as enemies of God on your account; but from the point of view of God's choice, they are dear to him because of their forefathers,

¹² Be happy in your hope, steadfast in time of trouble, persistent in prayer.

⁴ Who are you to criticize someone else's servant? It is for his own master to say whether he succeeds or fails; and he will succeed, for the Master can make him do so.

¹⁷ The Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of uprightness, peace, and happiness through the possession of the holy Spirit.

⁴ For everything that was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that by being steadfast and through the encouragement the Scriptures give, we might hold our hope fast.

¹³ May God, the source of hope, fill you with perfect happiness and peace in your faith, so that you may have overflowing hope through the power of the holy Spirit.

³³ God who gives peace be with you all! Amen.

⁴ who risked their necks to save my life. Not only I but also all the churches among the heathen thank them. Remember me also to the church that meets at their house.

⁸ Are you satisfied already? Have you become rich already? Have you entered your kingdom without waiting for us? I wish you had entered it, so that we might share it with you!

⁹ Do you not know that wrongdoers will not have any share in God's kingdom? Do not let anyone mislead you. People who are immoral or idolaters or adulterers or sensual or given to unnatural vice ¹⁰ or thieves or greedy—drunkards, abusive people, robbers—will not have any share in God's kingdom. ¹¹ Some of you used to be like that; but you have washed it all away, you have been consecrated, you have become upright, by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and through the Spirit of our God.

³ But if a man loves God, God is known by him.

¹⁶ Does not the consecrated cup which we bless mean that in drinking it we share in the blood of Christ? Does not the bread that we break mean that in eating it we share in the body of Christ?

³² But since we do incur it, we are disciplined by the Lord, so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

¹ Now I want to remind you, brothers, of the form in which I presented to you the good news I brought, which you accepted and have stood by,

²¹ For since it was through a man that we have death, it is through a man also that we have the raising of the dead. ²² For just as because of their relation to Adam all men die, so because of their relation to Christ they will all be brought to life again.

²² For just as because of their relation to Adam all men die, so because of their relation to Christ they will all be brought to life again.

⁴⁵ This is also what the Scripture says: "The first man Adam became a living creature." The last Adam has become a life-giving Spirit.

⁴⁹ and as we have been like the man of the earth, let us also try to be like the man from heaven.

⁵⁶ Sin is the sting of death, and it is the Law that gives sin its power.

⁴ He comforts me in all my trouble, so that I can comfort people who are in any trouble with the comfort with which I myself am comforted by God. ⁵ For if I have a liberal share of Christ's sufferings, through Christ I have a liberal share of comfort too. ⁶ If I am in trouble, it is to bring you comfort and salvation, and if I am comforted, it is for the sake of the comfort which you experience when you steadfastly endure such sufferings as I also have to bear.

²² and put his seal upon us and given us his Spirit in our hearts, as earnest-money.

⁷ But if the religion of death, carved in letters of stone, was ushered in with such splendor, so that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face on account of the brightness that was fading from it, ⁸ why should not the religion of the Spirit be attended with much greater splendor? ⁹ If there was splendor in the religion of condemnation, the religion of uprightness must far surpass it in splendor.

¹⁸ And all of us, reflecting the splendor of the Lord in our unveiled faces, are being changed into likeness to him, from one degree of splendor to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

⁶ For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in my heart, to give me the light of the knowledge of God's glory, that is on the face of Christ.

⁸ I am hard pressed on every side, but never cut off: perplexed, but not driven to despair; ⁹ routed, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; ¹⁰ never free from the danger of being put to death like Jesus, so that in my body the life of Jesus also may be seen.

¹⁰ never free from the danger of being put to death like Jesus, so that in my body the life of Jesus also may be seen. ¹¹ For every day I live I am being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be visible in my mortal nature.

¹¹ For every day I live I am being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be visible in my mortal nature. ¹² So it is death that operates in my case, but life that operates in yours.

¹⁷ For this slight, momentary trouble is piling up for me an eternal blessedness beyond all comparison,

¹⁸ All this comes from God, who through Christ has reconciled me to himself, and has commissioned me to proclaim this reconciliation—

¹⁸ All this comes from God, who through Christ has reconciled me to himself, and has commissioned me to proclaim this reconciliation— ¹⁹ how God through Christ reconciled the world to himself, refusing to count men's offenses against them, and intrusted me with the message of reconciliation.

¹⁹ how God through Christ reconciled the world to himself, refusing to count men's offenses against them, and intrusted me with the message of reconciliation. ²⁰ It is for Christ, therefore, that I am an envoy, seeing that God makes his appeal through me. On Christ's behalf I beg you to be reconciled to God. ²¹ He made him who knew nothing of sin to be sin, for our sake, so that through union with him we might become God's uprightness.

⁹ obscure, when I am well known, at the point of death, yet here I am alive, punished, but not dead yet, ¹⁰ pained, when I am always glad, poor, when I make many others rich, penniless, when really I own everything.

¹⁵ Thank God for his indescribable gift!

²³ If they are Christian workers—I am talking like a madman!—I am a better one! with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, vastly worse beatings, and in frequent danger of death. ²⁴ Five times I have been given one less than forty lashes, by the Jews. ²⁵ I have been beaten three times by the Romans, I have been stoned once, I have been shipwrecked three times, a night and a day I have been adrift at sea; ²⁶ with my frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from the heathen, danger in the city, danger in the desert, danger at sea, danger from false brothers, ²⁷ through toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger and thirst, often without food, and exposed to cold. ²⁸ And besides everything else, the thing that burdens me every day is my anxiety about all the churches. ²⁹ Who is weak without my being weak? Whose conscience is hurt without my being fired with indignation? ³⁰ If there must be boasting, I will boast of the things that show my weakness!

⁹ and he said to me, "My favor is enough for you, for only where there is weakness is perfect strength developed." So I am perfectly willing to boast of all my weakness, so that the strength of Christ may shelter me. ¹⁰ That is why I am pleased with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties, when they are endured for Christ's sake, for it is when I am weak that I am strong.

¹⁶ but who know that a man is not made upright by doing what the Law commands, but by faith in Christ Jesus—even we believed in Christ Jesus, so as to be made upright by faith in Christ and not by doing what the Law commands—for by doing what the Law commands no one can be made upright.

¹⁰ For there is a curse upon all who rely on obedience to the Law, for the Scripture says, "Cursed be anyone who does not stand by everything that is written in the Book of the Law and obey it." ¹¹ That no one is accepted as upright by God for obeying the Law is evident because the upright will have life because of his faith, ¹² and the Law has nothing to do with faith; it teaches that it is the man who does these things that will find life by doing them. ¹³ Christ ransomed us from the Law's curse by taking our curse upon himself (for the Scripture says, "Cursed be anyone who is hung on a tree") ¹⁴ in order that the blessing given to Abraham might through Jesus Christ reach the heathen, so that through faith we might receive the promised Spirit.

¹⁹ Then what about the Law? It was a later addition, designed to produce transgressions, until the descendant to which the promise was made should come, and it was enacted by means of angels, through an intermediary; ²⁰ though an intermediary implies more than one party, while God is but one. ²¹ Is the Law then contrary to God's promises? By no means. For if a law had been given that could have brought life, uprightness would really have come through law. ²² But the Scripture describes all mankind as the prisoners of sin, so that the promised blessing might on the ground of faith in Jesus Christ be given to those who have faith. ²³ But before this faith came, we were kept shut up under the Law, in order to obtain the faith that was to be revealed. ²⁴ So the Law has been our attendant on our way to Christ, so that we might be made upright through faith. ²⁵ But now that faith has come, we are no longer in the charge of the attendant.

²⁵ But now that faith has come, we are no longer in the charge of the attendant.

⁴ but when the proper time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, and made subject to law,

⁶ And because you are sons, God has sent into our hearts the spirit of his Son, with the cry, "Abba!" that is, Father.

⁹ but now that you know God, or rather have come to be known by him, how can you turn back to the old, crude notions, so poor and weak, and wish to become slaves to them again?

⁴ You people who propose to be made upright by law have finished with Christ; you have lost your hold upon God's favor. ⁵ But we, by the Spirit, through faith wait for the uprightness we hope for. ⁶ For in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the want of it counts for anything, but only faith acting through love.

²² But what the Spirit produces is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

⁶ so that we might praise the splendid blessing which he has given us through his beloved Son.

⁶ so that we might praise the splendid blessing which he has given us through his beloved Son. ⁷ It is through union with him and through his blood that we have been delivered and our offenses forgiven, ⁸ in the abundance of his mercy which he has lavished upon us.

¹³ You also have heard the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation, and believed in him, and through union with him you have been marked with the seal of the holy Spirit that was promised,

¹ You also were dead because of the offenses and sins ² in the midst of which you once lived under the control of the present age of the world, and the master-spirit of the air, who is still at work among the disobedient. ³ We all lived among them once, indulging our physical cravings and obeying the impulses of our lower nature and its thoughts, and by nature we were doomed to God's wrath like other men. ⁴ But God is so rich in mercy that because of the great love he had for us, ⁵ he made us, dead as we were through our offenses, live again with the Christ. It is by his mercy that you have been saved.

⁷ to show the incomparable wealth of his mercy throughout the ages to come by his goodness to us through Christ Jesus. ⁸ For it is by his mercy that you have been saved through faith. It is not by your own action, it is the gift of God.

¹³ But now through your union with Christ Jesus you who were once far away have through the blood of Christ been brought near. ¹⁴ For he is himself our peace. He has united the two divisions, and broken down the barrier that kept us apart, ¹⁵ and through his human nature put an end to the feud between us, and abolished the Law with its rules and regulations, in order to make peace and create out of the two parties one new man by uniting them with himself, ¹⁶ and to kill the feud between them with his cross and in one body reconcile them both to God with it.

¹⁶ and to kill the feud between them with his cross and in one body reconcile them both to God with it. ¹⁷ He came with the good news of peace for you who were far away and for those who were near; ¹⁸ for it is through him that we both with one Spirit are now able to approach the Father.

¹² Through union with him and through faith in him, we have courage to approach God with confidence. ¹³ So I ask that what I am having to suffer for your sake may not make me lose heart, for it does you honor.

¹⁶ and beg him out of his wealth of glory to strengthen you mightily through his Spirit in your inner nature ¹⁷ and through your faith to let Christ in his love make his home in your hearts. Your roots must be deep and your foundations strong, ¹⁸ so that you and all God's people may be strong enough to grasp what breadth, length, height, and depth mean, ¹⁹ and to understand Christ's love, so far beyond our understanding, so that you may be filled with the very fulness of God.

³⁰ You must not offend God's holy Spirit, with which you have been marked for the Day of Redemption.

¹³ So you must take God's armor, so that when the evil day comes you will be able to make a stand, and when it is all over to hold your ground.

²⁰ for I eagerly and confidently hope that I shall never disgrace myself but that this time as always hitherto, living or dying, I shall do Christ credit by my unfailing courage.

²⁹ For you have been granted the privilege not only of trusting in Christ but of suffering for him.

⁸ When he had assumed human form, he still further humbled himself and carried his obedience so far as to die, and to die upon the cross.

¹⁷ Even if my life is to be poured out as a libation as you offer your faith in a service of sacrifice to God, I am glad to have it so, and I congratulate you upon it, ¹⁸ just as you must be glad and congratulate me.

¹ Now, my brothers, goodbye, and the Lord be with you. I do not mind writing the same thing over and over to you; it is necessary for your safety.

³ We are the true circumcision, who worship God by his Spirit, priding ourselves only on Christ Jesus, and not relying on physical advantages,

⁹ and be known to be united to him, with any uprightness I may have not based on law but coming through faith in Christ—the uprightness that comes from God through faith.

⁴ Goodbye, and the Lord be with you always. Again I say, goodbye.

²⁰ and through him to reconcile to God all things on earth or in heaven, making this peace through his blood shed on the cross.

²⁰ and through him to reconcile to God all things on earth or in heaven, making this peace through his blood shed on the cross. ²¹ And it has brought you, who were once estranged from him, hostile in attitude and engaged in doing wrong (though now he has reconciled you

⁶ So just as you once accepted the Christ, Jesus, as your Lord, you must live in vital union with him.

¹³ Yes, you who were dead through your misdeeds and physically uncircumcised, God raised to life with Christ. He forgave us all our misdeeds,

³ For you have died, and your life now lies hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ, who is our true life, shall make his appearance, then you also will appear glorified with him.

¹⁵ Let the ruling principle in your hearts be Christ's peace, for in becoming members of one body you have been called under its sway. And you must be thankful.

¹⁰ and to wait for the coming from heaven of his Son, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, our deliverer from God's coming wrath.

⁹ For God has not destined us for his wrath, but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

²³ May God himself, the giver of peace, consecrate you through and through. Spirit, soul, and body, may you be kept sound, and be found irreproachable when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

¹⁶ May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and kindly given us unfailing encouragement and a well-founded hope,

¹⁶ And may the Lord of peace himself always give you peace in every way. The Lord be with you all.

⁹ with the understanding that law is not intended for upright men but for the lawless and disorderly, the godless and irreligious, the irreverent and profane, men who kill their fathers or mothers, murderers,

¹³ though I once used to abuse, persecute, and insult him. But he had mercy on me, because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, ¹⁴ and the blessing of our Lord has been given me in the greatest abundance, together with faith and love that union with Christ Jesus brings.

¹⁴ and the blessing of our Lord has been given me in the greatest abundance, together with faith and love that union with Christ Jesus brings. ¹⁵ It is a trustworthy saying, entitled to the fullest acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of them, ¹⁶ but God had mercy on me in order that in my case as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display his perfect patience, as an example to those who would later believe in him and find eternal life.

¹⁶ but God had mercy on me in order that in my case as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display his perfect patience, as an example to those who would later believe in him and find eternal life.

⁴ who wants all men to be saved and to come to know the truth. ⁵ For there is but one God, and one intermediary between God and men—the man Christ Jesus, ⁶ who gave himself as a ransom for all men. This is what was testified to at the proper times,

¹² This is why I am suffering as I am, but I am not ashamed of it, for I know whom I have trusted and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have intrusted to him for that Day.

¹² If we endure, we will reign with him! If we disown him, he will also disown us!

¹⁶ At my first appearance in court no one came to help me; everybody deserted me. May no one lay it up against them! ¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me, and gave me strength, so that I might make a full presentation of the message and let all the heathen hear it. So I was saved from the jaws of the lion. ¹⁸ The Lord will rescue me from any harm and bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹¹ For God's mercy has appeared and brought salvation to all men, ¹² training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world,

³ For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.

³ For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another. ⁴ But when the goodness and kindness of God our Savior were revealed,

⁴ But when the goodness and kindness of God our Savior were revealed, ⁵ he saved us, not for any upright actions we had performed, but from his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal by the holy Spirit,

⁵ he saved us, not for any upright actions we had performed, but from his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal by the holy Spirit,

⁵ he saved us, not for any upright actions we had performed, but from his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal by the holy Spirit, ⁶ which he has poured out upon us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

⁶ which he has poured out upon us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ so that we might be made upright through his mercy and become possessors of eternal life in fulfilment of our hope.

⁹ but we do see Jesus, who was "made for a little while inferior to angels, crowned with glory and honor" because he suffered death, so that by the favor of God he might taste the bitterness of death on behalf of every human being.

¹⁷ And so he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might prove a compassionate high priest as well as one faithful in his service to God, in order to forgive the people's sins.

⁶ but Christ's faithfulness was that of a son set over the house of God. And we are that house, if we keep up our courage and our triumphant hope to the very end.

¹⁶ So let us come with courage to God's throne of grace to receive his forgiveness and find him responsive when we need his help.

¹⁸ so that by these two unalterable things, which make it impossible for God to break his promise, we who have taken refuge with him may be greatly encouraged to seize upon the hope that is offered to us.

¹⁸ so that by these two unalterable things, which make it impossible for God to break his promise, we who have taken refuge with him may be greatly encouraged to seize upon the hope that is offered to us. ¹⁹ This hope is like an anchor for our souls. It reaches up secure and strong into the sanctuary behind the heavenly curtain,

²⁵ Therefore, he is able to save forever all who come to God through him, because he lives and intercedes for them forever.

¹⁰ 'For this is the agreement that I will make with the house of Israel, In those later days,' says the Lord; 'I will put my laws into their minds, And write them on their hearts, And they will have me for their God, And I will have them for my people. ¹¹ And they will not have to teach their townsmen and their brothers to know the Lord, For they will all know me, From the lowest to the highest. ¹² For I will be merciful to their misdeeds, And I will no longer remember their sins.' "

¹⁴ how much more surely will the blood of the Christ, who with the eternal Spirit made himself an unblemished offering to God, purify our consciences from the old wrongdoing for the worship of the everliving God?

²² In fact, under the Law, almost everything is purified with blood, and unless blood is poured out nothing is forgiven.

²⁶ for then he would have had to suffer death over and over, ever since the creation of the world. But, as it is, once for all at the close of the age he has appeared, to put an end to sin by his sacrifice. ²⁷ And just as men are destined to die once and after that to be judged,

¹⁹ Since then, brothers, we have free access to the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by the new, living way which he has opened for us, through the curtain, that is, his physical nature,

¹⁰ For they disciplined us for a short time and as they thought proper, but he does it for our good, to make us share his holiness. ¹¹ Discipline is never pleasant at the time; it is painful; but to those who are trained by it, it afterward yields the peace of character.

²⁰ May God, the giver of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus who through the blood by which he ratified the everlasting agreement has become the great shepherd of the sheep,

² You must find the greatest joy, my brothers, in being involved in various trials, ³ for you know that the testing of your faith leads to steadfastness,

¹² Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will be given the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

¹⁵ Then desire conceives and gives birth to sin, and when sin is mature, it brings forth death.

⁵ Listen, my dear brothers. Has not God chosen the world's poor to be rich in faith, and to possess the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

¹⁰ For anyone who obeys the whole of the Law but makes one single slip is guilty of breaking it all.

²³ and so the Scripture came true that says, "Abraham had faith in God, and it was credited to him as uprightness, and he was called God's friend." ²⁴ You see a man is made upright by his good deeds and not simply by having faith. ²⁵ Was not even Rahab the prostitute made upright for her good deeds, in entertaining the scouts and sending them off by a different road? ²⁶ Just as the body without the spirit is dead, faith is dead without good deeds.

² For we all make many mistakes. Anyone who never makes a mistake in what he says has a character that is fully developed and is able to control his whole body as well.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has caused us to be born anew to a life of hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead, ⁴ and to an imperishable, unsullied, and unfading inheritance, which is kept safe for you in heaven, ⁵ and you by God's power are being protected through faith to receive a salvation that is now ready to be disclosed at the last time. ⁶ Rejoice over this, although just now perhaps distressed by various trials;

⁶ Rejoice over this, although just now perhaps distressed by various trials; ⁷ they are to show that your faith when tested is found to be more precious than gold, which though it is perishable is tested with fire, and they will bring you praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

⁷ they are to show that your faith when tested is found to be more precious than gold, which though it is perishable is tested with fire, and they will bring you praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. ⁸ You must love him, though you have not seen him, but since you believe in him though you do not now see him, rejoice with triumphant, unutterable joy

⁸ You must love him, though you have not seen him, but since you believe in him though you do not now see him, rejoice with triumphant, unutterable joy ⁹ to attain the goal of faith, the salvation of your souls.

²⁰ who was predestined for this before the foundation of the world, but was revealed only at the end of the ages,

⁹ But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, his own people, so that you may declare the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his wonderful light;

¹⁴ Even if you should suffer for uprightness, you are blessed. But do not be afraid of them, nor be troubled,

¹⁸ For Christ himself died once for all, for sin, an upright man for unrighteous men, to bring us to God, and was physically put to death, but he was made alive in the Spirit.

¹⁶ but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed of it, but must do honor to God through that name. ¹⁷ For the time has come for the judgment to begin with the household of God, and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who refuse God's good news?

¹⁰ And God, the giver of all mercy, who through your union with Christ has called you to his eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while will himself make you perfect, steadfast, and strong.

¹ Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the uprightness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been given a faith as privileged as ours;

⁵ and if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others, when he brought the flood upon the godless world; ⁶ and if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and overwhelmed them with ashes, as a warning to ungodly men of what was to come,

⁷ But by the same command the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, and are kept for the day when godless men are to be judged and destroyed.

⁷ But if we live in the light, just as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin. ⁸ If we say, "We are without any sin," we are deceiving ourselves, and there is no truth in our hearts. ⁹ If we acknowledge our sins, he is upright and can be depended on to forgive our sins and cleanse us from everything wrong. ¹⁰ If we say, "We have not sinned," we are making him a liar, and his message is not in our hearts.

² He is himself an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the whole world.

²⁰ But you have been anointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth;

²⁵ And what he himself has promised us is eternal life.

¹ Think what love the Father has had for us, in letting us be called God's children, for that is what we are. This is why the world does not know what we are—because it has never come to know him. ² Dear friends, we are God's children now; it has not yet been disclosed what we are to be. We know that if he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. ³ And everyone who possesses this hope in him tries to make himself as pure as he is. ⁴ Whoever commits sin disobeys law; sin is disobedience to law.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love is still in death.

¹⁶ We know what love means from the fact that he laid down his life for us; so we also ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

⁹ God's love for us has been revealed in this way—that God has sent his only Son into the world, to let us have life through him. ¹⁰ The love consists not in our having loved God, but in his loving us and sending his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

¹⁹ We love because he loved us first.

¹¹ And that testimony is that God has given us eternal life, and that this life is found in his Son.

¹¹ And that testimony is that God has given us eternal life, and that this life is found in his Son. ¹² Whoever has the Son has life; whoever has not the Son has not life. ¹³ I have written this so that you who believe in the Son of God may know that you have eternal life.

⁴ For some people have sneaked in among us—their doom was foretold long ago—godless persons, who turn the mercy of our God into an excuse for immorality, and disown our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the godless of all the godless deeds they have done, and of all the harsh things that godless sinners have said against him."

¹⁸ for they said to you, "In the last times there will be mockers who will go where their own godless passions lead."

⁶ he has made us a kingdom of priests for his God and Father—to him be glory and power forever. Amen.

¹⁸ the living one. I was dead, yet here I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys of death and the underworld.

²¹ I will permit him who is victorious to take his seat beside me on my throne, just as I have been victorious and taken my seat beside my Father on his throne.

⁹ Then they sang a new song: "You deserve to take the roll and open its seals, for you have been slaughtered, and with your blood have bought for God men from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation, ¹⁰ and have made them a kingdom of priests for our God, and they are to reign over the earth."

⁹ After that I saw a great crowd which no one could count from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

⁹ After that I saw a great crowd which no one could count from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands, ¹⁰ and they cried in a loud voice, "Our deliverance is the work of our God who is seated on the throne, and of the Lamb!"

¹⁰ and they cried in a loud voice, "Our deliverance is the work of our God who is seated on the throne, and of the Lamb!" ¹¹ Then all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four animals, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹² saying, "Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen!" ¹³ Then one of the elders addressed me and said, "Who are these people dressed in white robes, and where do they come from?" ¹⁴ I said to him, "You know, my lord." He said to me, "They are the people who come through the great persecution, who have washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ That is why they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he who is seated on the throne will shelter them. ¹⁶ They will never be hungry or thirsty again, and never again will the sun or any burning heat distress them, ¹⁷ for the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."

⁴ Then I saw thrones with beings seated on them, who were empowered to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus and the message of God, who refused to worship the animal and its statue, and would not have its mark put on their foreheads or on their hands. They were restored to life and reigned with the Christ a thousand years.

⁶ Blessed and holy is the man who experiences the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them; they will be priests of God and the Christ, and reign with him for the thousand years.

¹⁴ Then death and Hades were flung into the fiery lake. This is the second death—the fiery lake. ¹⁵ Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was flung into the fiery lake.

³ I heard a loud voice from the throne say, "See! God's dwelling is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people and God himself will be with them,

¹¹ in all the glory of God. It shone with a radiance like that of some very precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal.

²³ The city does not need the sun nor the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God lighted it, and the Lamb is its lamp.

⁴ they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. ⁵ There will no longer be any night and they will have no need of lamplight or sunlight, for the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

⁵ There will no longer be any night and they will have no need of lamplight or sunlight, for the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.